'''Vorbis''' is a patent-clear, fully open, general purpose audio encoding format standard that rivals or even surpasses the 'upcoming' generation of proprietary codecs ([[Wikipedia:Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]] and [[Wikipedia:TwinVQ|TwinVQ]], also known as VQF). There is no raw Vorbis stream defined, instead the Vorbis codec is typically used in the [[Ogg]] container format for audio files. Because for a long time the Ogg container was quasi exclusive for Vorbis people often refer to it as 'Ogg Vorbis'. Later the FLAC audio codec as well as the video codecs Theora and Dirac began to be used inside Ogg too. In 2010 the [[WebM]] format was defined using the Vorbis codec inside the WebM container.

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Ogg Vorbis is a patent-clear, fully open general purpose audio encoding format standard that rivals or surpasses the 'upcoming' generation of proprietary coders (AAC and TwinVQ, also known as VQF).

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libvorbis, a BSD-licensed source implementation of Vorbis as a library is available; See the [http://xiph.org/vorbis/ Ogg Vorbis page] for documentation, downloads and distribution terms.

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libvorbis, a BSD-licensed source implementation of Vorbis as a library is available; See the [http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/ Ogg Vorbis page] for documentation, downloads and distribution terms.

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Many hard- and software players support Ogg Vorbis; see [http://www.vorbis.com/ vorbis.com] or the links below for a list of all the players we know about.

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Further, many players support Ogg Vorbis; see [http://www.vorbis.com/ vorbis.com] for a list of all the players we know about.

== More information ==

== More information ==

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* [[VorbisHardware]]: List of hardware-players supporting Ogg Vorbis

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* [[Vorbis Hardware]]: List of hardware-players supporting Ogg Vorbis

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* [[GamesThatUseVorbis]]: List of games using Ogg Vorbis

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* [[Vorbis Software Players]]: List of media players that can play Ogg Vorbis

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* [[VorbisTools]]: Reference tools maintained by Xiph.org

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* [[Vorbis Software Encoders]]: List of libvorbis frontends

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* [[VorbisSoftwarePlayers]]: List of media players that can play Ogg Vorbis

Revision as of 09:41, 25 November 2013

Vorbis is a patent-clear, fully open, general purpose audio encoding format standard that rivals or even surpasses the 'upcoming' generation of proprietary codecs (AAC and TwinVQ, also known as VQF). There is no raw Vorbis stream defined, instead the Vorbis codec is typically used in the Ogg container format for audio files. Because for a long time the Ogg container was quasi exclusive for Vorbis people often refer to it as 'Ogg Vorbis'. Later the FLAC audio codec as well as the video codecs Theora and Dirac began to be used inside Ogg too. In 2010 the WebM format was defined using the Vorbis codec inside the WebM container.

libvorbis, a BSD-licensed source implementation of Vorbis as a library is available; See the Ogg Vorbis page for documentation, downloads and distribution terms.

Many hard- and software players support Ogg Vorbis; see vorbis.com or the links below for a list of all the players we know about.